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Capt. Horatio Ross, Great Britain's most famous shot, is still living at the age of 83, and last year climbed a mountain 3,545 feet high Without resting on the way. He in the only child of a sporting sire, and was born at Rossie Castle, Foxfamliire. His father was Colonel of a. regiment raised during the "French invasion panic early in the century. When colors were presented to this regiment a alute was fired, and young Ross fled in terror. His father, exasperated, told a. servant to fire agun over the boy‘s head every morning. At last the man persuaded him to fire at a sparrow. It fell, and henceforward young Horatio took to his gun. Capt. Ross was also a, firstolass horseman. He was formerly a. member of Parliament. I was hit fair in the throat with 3 ballot; I'll take it o: a warning, fcr~I feel confident the first skirmish we have that I shall be done for.” The camp color-man remarked, " Why, man, there isno use taking notice of dreams.” The bandsman replied that he would take notice and go at once to the priest, which he accordingly did. The next morning about 4 o’clock the alarm sounded to arms, as the enemy had made a sortie from the city in force, and a determined one it was (9th July, 1857). The handsman was in the same company as myself, and went through the day’s work safely until about 3 o’clock in the afternoon. My company at that time had retired back to our own position, and were standing formed in close order, each man falling out as his name was called to drink a. glass of grog, and then taking his place in the ranks again. The hands- man had justyresumed his place again On the-right of the company when a bullet struck him in the apple of the throat and he fell dead. During the siege, which lasted from the 8th of June till the 14th of September, we used to send our wounded and sick men every month to the depot on the hills Where the Wives and children of the regiment had been left when the mutiny broke out. Strange to say, the wife of the bandsman had told the other wives that she knew her husband was killed, as he had appeared at her bed-side on a certain date, and that he was pointing to his throat, which seemed to be covered with blood. She was so convinced that her hus- band was amongst the slain that while waiting for news from headquarters she donned widow’s weeds at once. ’ When she received the usual monthly letter she found by it that the time of the appearance of the apparition and the date of her husband’s fall corresponded. Lady Carington. who has been staying, since Lord Carington’e departure for America, with her Sister, Lady Hastings, at Melton Constable, comes to Canada. shortly, probe.ny in the same steamer with Lord and Lady Lansdowne. It is the in- tention of Lord and Lady Oarington to peas the wintte in America. The New York Music and Drama has collapsed, and the employees are clamor- ing for their wages. Mr. Freund, the busi- ness manager and editor, is supposed to be in Canada. TROUBLE of a. singular nature has arisen in Texas. The cattle kings have inelosed vast tracts with wire fences, leaving stretches of miles upon miles without any gate or passageway. To go around one of these fenced areas is a journey of several days. The temptation for travellers to out the wire and pass through is very great, especially since the land inclosed belongs to the public domain. This has been done, has resulted in serious affrays, and has at last brought the matter eon- spicuouely before the people of the State. The Legislature will, Without doubt, try to adopt some measure for the adjustment of the trouble at the next session. A correspondent writes: Twenty-«ix years ago, during the siege of Delhi, there was a‘bn-udtmen in the same regiment as myself, remarkable as being the second mileht} man in it, and u. very good Christian of the Roman Catholic faith 01) the day I refer to our regimenbwas off pizqneb duty, and taking a. much needed I'Ortl in camp. The bandemau who, like his feliow mueia eians at the“eiege, had to use a rifle instead of a musical instrument~suddehiy a‘Woke from a disturbed sleep, aat‘upe‘n his bed, ami exelaimEd, “ Oh, dear! what a. dream I have had I ” 011;" camp colorâ€"imam and myself were in the same tenbwith him, and the former asked what he had been dreamidg of. He replied;“?1..2b1u‘ijust'- dreamt that WP were eegageq and that intrx V i, u" - (1 description 0! L'iv, Hinxloo r.‘ 3,: , difi‘erenoe between it and lhu CZ..‘liZl&n religion. The stranger upon entering fife“ “ulpit said: "Permit me to call you brotgers and sisters and fellow-children of a. common father. I come as s. pilgrim and also to pay a tribute to your ethical culture, Christian lives, and progress in science and art. The speaker said chum alhc come to deliver a. message, and prayed that the Spirit of God would aid him in the proper interpretation of his mission. He then described at length the Hindoo reli- gion; He said that Asia. was the mother at many religions. Mshommetism and Buddhism ori insted there. The primitive Hindoos worshipped the subllmity of God‘s presence in the surrmoon and stars and the ocean. Language is feeble and cannot ex- pifiess our reverence of the Supreme Being, and we chll on the ocean sndthemountsins i to grid us.. The Hindoo religion was founded; for the purpose of driving out idolatry and kindling the fires of national, worship on- desolate alters. Nature worship, which was only the worship of on unnameble mystery, in time formed itself into n wor- ship of the one spirit controlling all things, c. worship by the soul of the soul ell-per- vading. In time we came to doubt the ini’sllibility of the holy hooks and our re- ligionvwcs in a. state of chaos. Our con- stant bontect with the civilization of the western countries which came pouring into our country, and frmu the lsct that the Government and missionaries were "of": christian nations and “were constantly brought in contact with us, led us to study grsvely the question, “ What do ycii think of Jesus ‘3” “he did not think of Him after your well-cut lines of occiden- tal thought. In India the idea of the Son- ship has always‘heen strictly recognized, and we regarded the Son as then further development of the Father. Therefore we took Christ as God’s _reveletion in humanity} and He becfi’me pcfsonally‘desr to us all and entered into 0;}: s lirit. Thus we accepted Christpnhutinot' r‘istienity, The Christians which five sew- represented creeds who were constantly striving to choke reach other and who strove to make converts to their faiths simply for the purpose of making it personal victory“ , The Spirit only can teach, man, end the ‘ Spirit must guide us. How con man be made to return to his former position if the Spirit of God does not come tosid him? We welcome all Scriptures, all prophets and all inspiration, and as we keep adding all the time we aspire that some day the greet church will be constructed and that-great family be organized which shall embrace 1h? entire human race The remarks of the speaker were listened to with evident interest, Some of his figures of speech were very beautiful, and his whole address was couched in 'ihe flowery "wordsoi en Orientalâ€"Boston Post. An Exposition of Its Teachings byl’rc- mp Chuuder I Nloaoomdnr. ‘ At. themCent-sul‘ Cl‘mmh Sunday Eyeqing Appm'llions a! Dying Person-u 1') Th?» Veteran Shot. RELIGION IN INDIA. [I ounuuc: A'lvgu‘llllDIl-I'o v entrul’Chgmh Sunday evening ! um!” . ,mdnr, it Hi» av.» , ;. EL- .mzh 1' ' u' (2;; 21.1"" 3' W :4. 01 Hinxiou r535 Mm; Hui} the“: " . a ‘. - ~ betwucn 2: and Ihu (mutual: The stranger upon entering aid: “Permit; me to an“ vnn It is rarely, indeed, that Scotland is without some ecclesiastical agitation. The Scottish people may not be any more re» ligious than their neighbors, but they are certainly more ecclesiastical.‘ more given to church matters than the people of any other nationality. The “ kirk ” is part of their daily life. At present, resolved not to be behind the other countries of Europe in commemorating the 400th anniversary of Luther, they are making arrangements for a suitable celebration. , The Established Church, the Free Church and the United Presbyterian Church have agreed on ajoint demonstration. Much excitement has been caused by the article of Professor Milligan in the Catholic Presbyterian, and the excite- ment‘hae been intensified- by the allusion made to it by Bishop Wordsworth in his annual charge to his clergy. The Bishop hasvlong been in favor of such a union as.‘ that which Dr. Milligan has advocated, and he hopes to see a modified episoopacy em- bracing all the religious elements of Scot- land. He suggests the printing in pamphlet form of Dr. Milligan’s article” and the circulation of the same among the R middle and poorer classes. The Bishop is evidently of the opinion that the rich and‘ educated classes are ripe for some such‘ change. This is the land of John Knox] and Jennie Geddes. It seems inevitable. There is good reason to fear that both Dr. 1 Milligan and Bishop Wordsworth are counting without their host. The distance of the earth from the sun is, in scientific literature, averiable quantity. Judging from the great variety in the tem- perature of the same season year after year, the action of the sun is obviously not to be depended on. In one of the late dis- cussions of the British Association Prof. Bell gives the following opinion : ” It will surely be expected that Ishell not close this lecture without an attempt to say what the distance of the sun is so far as modern reâ€" search has gone. Reviewing all the difier- ent methods, the most probable distance seems to be 92,700,000 miles. It does not seem lilier that this can be erroneous to the extent of 300,- 000 miles. The distance of the sun is one of the most important constants in the universe. It is indeed ‘a constant in a most emphatic sense. The planetary perturbations which effect so many other elements of the solar system are powerless to touch this constant. Once the distance of the sun has been measured, the telescope with which the observations were made may moulder,and the astronomer who used it may survive only in name, but the work he has accomplished will remain true for countless ages of the future." The Times. in discusmng the matter, points out that. as regards the distance, “ an express train. travelling night and day at a. uniform speed, which is not statedmut which we may perhaps set at fifty miles an hour,would require about 300 years in order to traverse the interval‘" Providence has so ordained in that only two women have a true interest in the bap- pinees of a. man~hie own mother and the mother of his children. Besides these two legitimate kinds of love there is nothing between the two sexes except vain excite- ment, painful and vain delusionâ€"Octave Fenillct. A friend who dabbles in stocks walked into a. well known banking house the other day and created considerable excitement by remarking: ” I got a. pretty good thing last winter. It was 34 then, and today it stands at 95.” “ Well, I should say 30 l" exclaimed the senior partner. “But what was it ‘2" " Itwas a. thermometer,”replied the speculator. ~ Some‘ot the reuderiqgtestabliehments along‘the riéer do, an enpi'moqs buginass, receivxfl’g their auppiiee not only from'the cityrbutjtomabrowdmymhefomd. Some of them use the intestines and refuse matter from the slaughter-house and abat- toits.â€"-Philadelyhia Record. 1 The skins the men said, were sold to the tunncrs. In the winter and early summer the cats are skinned, and the hides used in the liningof winter Circulars for ladies. Two curious uses tire, however, frequently made of the dogs; Their {at is oztrefully taken off, and msnufucmred into “ (30,; oil,” which among superstitious persons, especially the colored people, possess almost miraculous virtue in the cure of various diseases, but chiefly of rheumatism. In allloosli- ties Where the colored population is large this oil is for sale, and always sells for a. good price. It i-i also in demand for consumptives. Very frequently peo» ple who have been pronounced incurables go to the establishment and beg the people there to sell them some of the oil obtained from' the dog fat. Occasionally persons will brirg flogs Which they have killed themselves and have the oil manufactured from them; ' - ‘ m I “ Som‘etimes,” said the man in charge, “ we gets a. big supply in the way of a fire. } After the Knickerbocker ice company’s fire we had all we could do‘for' some time. 1n the ordinary run we gets here about; thii‘by horses and mules and twenty barrels of dead data and dogs every week What do we do with ’em? Well, you (see, they goes ,three or four wuyfl. We cuté‘ ’em up, bones 'and'alltapd tosses 'em into that big biler ‘oiler.“yofi5dr2 \Vhen that Has biléd away for 21 or more‘ lxoura we get out the bones afid they go to the boueyard to make phos~ phate. We press (-116 011 outen the balance, and that goes mostly to make lubrication [lubricatmgj oil or to soap-makers. The pnhensmfijs pm; 111 the sun- mud dried, and we make pharphute out of it ourselves." ' \V Inn Becomes“): ‘Ilw neiul Canines mill» FeHuHâ€"JIIwe'r Articles of commerce. 7! “ We shine the horses and the dogs. Sometimes we skins the cats. ~ Then we‘ bile ’em all up together, and make that and ‘ these here out of ’em.” The speaker was= - blood from neck to boots, and the “ that aud‘lhere‘here " were two piles of black” stuff, the odor from which was somewhat all color. The place was one of the fouror five sermon-rendering . establishments which (lot the river banke‘ a. quarter of a. mile below Brideshurg. 'l‘he‘cate and dogs referred to were the twgnty or thirty barrels of these animals received each week from the city flagpound and the “Get home "on Lombard street, below Thir- teenth“ Here also are taken all t a Head carrier? which can be begged or pu chased iu the city. In the darkest houra of night great covered waggons make their myster- ious way thrcagh the by-waye of Ehiledel phia. These lumbering vehicles are large enough to carry two dead horses, and he matter how long the oarriou they may find has been dead, 'if it will hold together‘it is gathered up, and the weggons’ march r0~ eumed ubul their rounfis have been com- pleted and the?E dump their repulsive loads atthe’ establishments on the river bank; How Far are werlrom the Sun ? um: on. ‘AND mu‘s’ SKINS. 'l he Churches in Scotland. William McKittlick, of No. 160 Gordon street, Stapleton, S. I., found a. chicken in his garden some time ago, and has since trained it to eat from his hand. Always after obtaining her: morning‘meelBiddy. the hen, hastens to her' nest-box and deposits an egg. Two weeks ago Mr. MeKittriek fell ill. The hen missed him and became nervous and irritable. The hen was taken upstairs to the sick eham~ bar, where her owner fed her. When the mealwee finished she sprang on the bed and left an egg there. Every day since then the hen climbs two pairs of stairs .to the sick room. Dr. Gardiner Williamson hes a. number of monkeys who, among other accomplish- ments, act as torch-bearers at a dinner party. Seated in a row on a. raised bench they hold the lights until all the guests have departed, patiently awaiting their own supper as a reward for their services. ing class alive. Moreover, they are gene- rally people who are not only willing to receive, but who demand a great deal at the hands of others; yet the example of their friends in giving and lending never seems to strike them as at variance with their own line of conduct, and if by any chance they part with a farthm ing, it appears to them a more ‘ magnanimous act than the founding of a hospital by another. The mean person must be brought to a lively sense of the need before opening her purse ; as for beggars, she disapproves of them altogether ; they are as pestiferous as the mosquito, in her eyes, and ought to be legislated out of existence. We do not, however, always find the mean person among the rich ; she is quite as likely to be poor ; indeed, one of the great disadvantages of poverty is that it often obliges one to seem smallâ€"obliges one to think of the candle ends when one would prefer to think of better things. Money does not make a person mean necessarily, or we should not all be struggling so desperately to obtain it; it ought rather to be a preventive. The disease lies in the disposition of the individual, and it is doubtful if any ulterior circumstance can eradicate it; and while in this View we may easily forgive her, we yet find her vastly inconvenient to deal with. If she is the employer, the mean Woman is apt to get as much work from her servants for the least money as possible. On some pretext or other, she detains her seamstress after her regular day’s work is over, under-pays her wash-woman, or exchanges old duds for clean linen; keeps the servant’s fire low, or pays her wages with cast~off finery. Sometimes, indeed,it is the servant who gives poor work for liberal payment; some- times it is the husband who dines sumptu- I ously at his club, while his family sit down to spare diet; sometimes it is the landlord who obliges the tenantto make his own repairs or go shabby; sometimes it is the neighbor who borrows but never lends ; the manufacturer who adulterates food or drugs; the step-mother who feeds the children onskimmed milk ; the mother-in- law who grudges her son’s Wife the iallals she has not been used to ; or the daughter- inJaW who makes her husband's mother feel like a stranger in her home. Indeed, meanness is such an unlovoly trait that it is no wonder we all disown it.â€"Ilarpcr’s Bazaar. I Nlenn People. One of the oddest things in the world is the feet that mean people do not know that theylare mean. but cherish a sincere con-_ vietion that they are the souls of gener- osity. You will hear them inveighing loudly against a neighbor who does not come up to the standard of a. generous man, and decrying the sin of boarding and withholding. without being sensible in the least that they are condemning themselves. They are usually people who are not in the hablt of self-criticism, and if they were not amuei‘ng they would be the meet aggravat- c as, who is nowâ€"aboufi to leivo ofit shores n‘éo‘mpapied by the bent wishes of us all for herrflituré'pfiosperity. and happiness." l'liucess Louise Donates u I’ainliug lo (hu- anlonnl Gnlln-y. Armature ‘despstoh says: Major Col~ line has written to Sir Hector Langevin stating that he is desired by Her Royal ‘ Highness the Princess Louise (0 write and tell him it 18 the wish of Her Royal High- ness to present to the Regional ‘;Gajlle;y of Canada. alsrge 011 Qaintfiig of the death of General Wolfe, a Very faithful-“and well- executed 00p}? of the“ famous original by Benjamin West, which belongs to the Duke of Westminster, and is in his collection at Eat-op; in Cheshire. The PllLCdSE thinks this work cannot fail to be of interest to all Canadians. Sir Hector, in acknowli Aging, says: “‘I have communicated your letter to my colleagues, and have how ’to offer respectfully Jthe‘mc-st sincere thanks of the Government of Canada to Her Royal High- ness the Princess for this important addi- tion to ofirfNatlonal Gallery. Her Royal Highness his? real assfired that; the people of Canada. yyill neVer forget her kindness, and .will‘blierislighe memoiy of the Prin- ALClevelaud, O..‘,despatch thus refers to the'ddin'gg‘of a man’who operated in this locality some yeare‘ago : About four years ago a. converted Egahpiin priest came to ,_ Akron. He wore a long. dirty-yellow robe, ' With a turban around his head. On his forehead were three streaks of paint; He called himself the Rev. Tadapaty Vee‘rara~ gara Roy. He entered Bechtel. College, and easily got into the good'Zgraces , oil the Mofessors. Soon after his arrival two young Women turned up‘ who claimed to have been mnrri’édto him, and President McCollester immediately dismissed him from :thhco‘llég'e. ‘ From Akron he went to Weeterville with one of his wives. but soon deserted her, and she had to go to the alms- house. At Westerville Roy attempted to enter Otterbeain University, but the Presi- den'fiea‘rnedoi his knavery elsewhere'and ordered him toleave town. He next tried to enter theWestern Reserve College, but was known there also. At Cincinnati he married another wife, Whom he also de- serted.‘ He then went to Pennsylvania and was admitted to Lafayette College, where he remained but a short time before his ra’soality was discovered. ' For a. time he was at Rutger College, then at the Univer- sity of Pennsylvania. Last April he :was heard of in some Western jail, havin'g been arrested for theft and, bigamy. Last week he attempted to enter Wittenburg College, Springfield, Ohio, but the college author- ities came across a. leaf of his history in a college paper and refused to let him in. When he first appeared in Springfield, he gaveJectures on the highways, closing with touching religious services. The Particular Vanities m an Allvaed Con: " ‘ vuu-d 35-41mm. ‘ mix“ ’5" a. CBMIEGEBANMW‘J'VES RICHMI’V)NB .HILL THURSDAY, ()(J'l‘(,)BER 18, I883 ANO’I‘IIEIK ROYAL (i I F’I‘. A Really Thankful llen. Lawyerâ€"J You say you mafia an exam- ination of the premises. What did you find ‘2" Witnessâ€"“Oh, nothing of conse- quence; ’a beggarly account of empty boxes. as Shakapeure says.” Lawyerâ€" “Never mind what Shakapeare says. He will be summoned, and can testify for himself if he knows anything about the case." ' Hereiea. warning for the author of Sweet Violets ” and “ Only aPansy Blos- som.” The author of “See That'My Grave’s Kept Green " is an inmate of the Indiana. penitentiary. Contagious disease calls for heroic treatment. That the afore- said songs should be chased contagious diseases, there is no questionâ€"everybody has caught ’em to agreatet or less severity. There IS no doubt that the money found on the banks of the canal near Dublin was part of the sum stolen from the Munster Bank. The police have ascertained that the bag was found by four men, who divided the money, which amounted to about £4,000. Three of the men went away to Australia. or America. The fourthis still in Dublin. and has purchased a, horse and can: and changed his mode of living. The police are at: a. loss how to act, as there is no means of identifying the money; and there is very little chance of any of it being recovered by the bank.~ St. Jamm’ Gazette. This is a. story of Mrs. Brown, wife of Buchanan’s first Postmaster-General. She had been married before, and so had Poet- mestepGeneral Brown, and each had a. daughter left; over from the first; marriage. Then they had another daughter. Mrs. Brown used to present them at her recep- tion in this way : ” This is Miss Brown, Mr. Brown’s daughter by his first wife ; this is Miss Senders, my daughter by my first husband, and this is Miss Brown, our joint daughter." Speaking of the topographical uses of the balloon, Mr. Simmons. the aeronaut, in con, neetion with his late voyage across the English channel, thus writes: Not only the land lay below us like a map, but the bottom of the sea is clearly seen in every direction. Every channel and shoal is sharply marked and forms a fibrous net- work. By the aids of instantaneous photo- graphs there would be no end to the in- crease of our knowledge of the sea through balloons, as charts of greater exactness than any yet existing could be made of the bottom of the sea, at least of shoals shal- low enough to offer danger to sailing craft. “ I engaged,” snide burly lawyer, “a chaise athalway to conduct me some few miles int-o the ecuntry, and had proceeded some distance, when it came to asudden standstill at the beginning of arather steep incline, and the ooaohman, leaping to the ground, came to the door and opened it. “What “are you at, man? This is not where I ordered you to stop. Has the animal balked?’ 'Whisht, yer honor, whisht,’ said Paddy in an undertone. ‘ I'm only decaying the sly haste. I‘ll just bang the door, and the crehy euldr cratur will think he’s intirely got rid of yer honor's splindid form and he’ll be at the top of the hill in no time.’ ” On the edge of a small river in the county of Gavan, in Ireland, there isâ€"or used to beâ€"a stone with the following inscription out upon it, no doubt intended for the information of strangers travelling that way: ”N.B.â€" When this stone is out of sight, it is not safe to ford the river.” Even the above is almost, if not quite, surpassed by the famous post erected a few years since by the surveyors of the Kent road, in Eng- land: “This is the bridle-path to Fever- sham. If you can‘t read this, you had better keep to the plain road.” ,We are also reminded of a. debate which took place in the Irish House of Commons in 1795 on the leather tax, in which the Chan- cellor of the Excheq ier, Sir John Plun- kett, observed with gm: tt emphasis : “ That in the prosecution of the present war every man ought to give his last guinea to pro- tect the remainder.” Mr. Vandaleur added : “ However that might be, the tax on leather would be severely felt by the berefooted peasantry of Ireland.” To which Sir B. Roche replied that “ this could be easily remedied by making the under-leathers of wood.” trons development 411 great cities. The evolution of man, in corqueriz g the lands and seas of the world, his life in 03.11szqu in ports, have tended to nmke him" a natural polygamists: Mr. 'Young said “ You can’t gonontrary to human nature.” “But,” I answered. “ Man’s is only half the, human nut-tire in the world ; ' ther'e' ‘ is the nature of woman, whom all the conditions of life hu've tended to make a. monogemiet. There have been forces which have sometimes suppressed herinstincts in that matter, as in the swarming populations of the for East. where there is no career for her, and no support but in marriage, and where the excessive number of women seems to suggest polygamy as a. necessary social economy; but these conditions having been-deft- behind to a. large extent, the question arises whether the charm and‘ beauty and morality of life are not to be secured rather by the loyalty of one to one in matrimony.” He then said, “ Woman is necessarily the inferior of man. There are religious reasons why she should be the one to surrender her feelings in that re- spect.” “But is it not found,” I asked, “that the romance of life and the charm of the relation between man and maid is diminished by this plurality of wives.” He said, “Courtship goes on among us the same as in London; I beliéve in love but not in infatuation. Whatever woman may suppose that she loses by being one among other wives, she is compensated for ins. greater devotion to her children, for, in our system, the maternal feelings are regarded as supreme; these feelings are very early developed, and form the chief earthly happiness of women. They also increase the’affection of mamwho cannot fail to feel a deep tenderness for the mother of his children. It must be remembered that in our faith this feeling concerning the pro- duction of the race is a. profoundly religious feeling, and brings a. helpiness which we believe is not. realized where the relations are merely worldly.” He dwelt lurgzly upon the gaod order, the freedom from crime. which marked their settlement. even though many outsiders have come among them. Finding $7,600 in Gold in Irolnud. Tht: Best Thu! Can be Said for the System by 118011 0! Brigham Young. Moncur D. Conway, while travelling from St. Louis to SletLake city, was intro- duczd to John VJ. Ynurjy, one of Brigham’a ROIJE Mr. Conwayfinid: I freely agreed wish him than theremas much in muggy- liue human nature which accorded with the‘ Mormon Hystem,nnd ‘whiuh had a disas- A DEFENCE 0F I'OI‘YGANIY. New Use For Balloons. Irish llunwr. The armures this season are rich in appearance and promise great durability. especially the pure silk and all wool ones. There are armuree that have an entire silk face and appearin, consequence like all- eilk fabrics. Soft camel’s hair suitings that drape gracefully number with popular dress fabrics this autumn. These suitings come not only in black. but an the standard shades of colors. They are also furnished in stripes,fa.noy effects and in dull Persian coloring. Sash curtains are usually fixed in place on slender robs ot brassâ€"say one-fourth oi an inch in diameter, a rod being used at Leading dry goods houses are exhibiting unusually elegant cloakings. There are thick grades of Ottoman and diagonal face and any number of novelties in velvet brooades and matelasse. Lacs bonnets will remain popular for evening wear during the fall season. A becoming and at: the same time stylish capote is of Spanish 13.09 with a. garnitura of rich red, flowers. A late style of fire place facings consists of exquisitely wrought brass and enamel. Ornamental work in porcelain is added to give relief and enhance the decorative effect. Cherrywood is again popular, it is used for bed~roqm sets and dining-room furni- ture and is best liked when finished dark in imitation of mahogany. In spite of all the efforts put forth by dress reformers, union suits are not and never will be universally worn ; indeed is may be said they are losing in popularity. A novelty used in house decoration is vel- vet made to represent; alligator skin. This is effective as a. covering for pedestals for amtuettes and stands for vases and clocks. Steel and silver lace come in many widths and shades ; it is popular and pretty and one of the most efi'ecbive of trimmings in millinery. The new Egyptian cloth in deep dull or red blue and crimson colors and queer designs makes an effective covering for palor furniture. Mats and rugs for halls are of polar whine fur. leopard and tiger skins, mounted in black fur, the edges being extremely deep. There continues to be a. large class of buyers for both Jersays and Jersey cloth. Some of the cloths are as heavy as beaver. Irish poplins in improved styles have been revived after a. long period of obscurity. A favorite model in pendants is a. gold daisy, set with small pearls, in the centre of which glistens a. diamond. New woollen fabrics are numerous. Many of these are dull and luatteless and designed to associate with velvet or cloth. Gold lace pins are out in Indian molten gold, which is dull of surface, but effective. Grog-grain silks, notwithstanding their liability to wear shiny, continue to win general favor and patronage. Novelties in laces are the colored escurial guipures in all the new shades to match velvets and other dress fabrics.‘ Simple Elixir. A very pleasant vehicle for the adminis- tration of medicines which are to be given in solution is prepared by mixing together two fluid ouncss each of orange-flower water and simple syrup, adding halt a. fluid ounce of alcohol to preserve, and coloring with two drachme of compound tincture of cardamons. This will be found of service to the country physician who is obliged to dispense his own medicine. Fashion’s Frolics. Deep-colored plush mIMSBB a. suitable drapery for halls and vestibules. “*7â€" Good {or Baby. Here is something for the young mother who must tend baby and sew: Make a large square pillow, and for this, hen’s feathers will answer if the feathers of the goose are too expensive; cover it with bright colored calico or bite of cretonne ; when completed lay it on the floor and put baby on it on his stomach. He will amuse himself in many ways, and often learn his first lessons in creeping here. He will lie and pull or kick at the flowers on the car- pet, and will kick and roll and gain strength in his limbs; and an occasional accident caused by his getting too near the edge will not affright a baby who has pro- per spirit and determination. flow to Preserve the llamas. \ If one is obliged to sweep her house, ‘ empty the ashes from grate or stove, and to wash dishes. she cannot expect to keep her hands as white as idle hands are; but if she takes the precaution to put on a pair of old gloves or mittens when doing dusty work, one cause of rough skin will be removed. Then there are preparations which one may use; powdered borax is excellent to soften the skin; so is a mix. ture of lemon juice and glycerine. A mix‘ ture which ’is said to he asure cure for undue perspiration of the hands is made of aquarter of an ounce of powdered alum, the white of an egg, and enough bran to make a thick paste; apply after washing the hands; let it remain two or three minutes, then Wipe off with a soft, dry towel. Lukewarm water is better than hot or cold if the skin is inclined to be tender or to chap. (Compiled by Aunt Kate.) Quaint Fashions in flats. Here are three new hats that were noted ‘ at the Salon, Paris, yesterday, writes a Correspondent : A toque of black tulle, embroidered with pompadour sprigs of bright flowers in front ; a large, loosely» looped rosette of Rose Dubarry ribbons, and in the . midst of that a richly jewelled owl's head; a Henri IV. hat of yellowish, long pile beaver, the brim flat and narrow, on one side a nest of mice, forming a how; a blue soft felt hat, on one side a bow of blue velvet and satin, on which re placed a bird with open wings, and from under the bow emerges a kitten’e head. The demand for kittene’ heads has become so important that cat breeding has become a regular business. Pigeone’ wings and cocke’ heads are also much worn, and the muff of the season will be velvet or p1ueh,to match the dresses, with a kitten or ‘hirandellc demer on the front. ' How to Take Care of the Hands and Keep Baby in Humor. THE LADIES COLUMN Latest' Notes on Fashions and Other Useful Jottings. SEVERAL NEW RECIPES wchW y t m ne‘g WHOLE N0. 1,319 :No. 32. “ You take and stick your head clear down to the chin in a bucket of scalding water-1 and keep it there for five minutes, and you’ll know what I felt like when I got back to the ship that night. My face was swelled up so that I couldn’t see out of my eyes, and one of the boys had to lead me around for three days. My head under my hair was so tender that I couldn’t touch it to a. pillar, and I took my sleep like I take my whiskeyâ€"standing."-â€"C'inci1mati Enquirer. The marriage of Prince Louis of Batten. berg and the Princess Victoria. of Hesse will probably take place at Windsor Castle. “ I thought that settled the whole busi- ness ; so I kept right along with a. bare head,while the other boys, who were old hands at travelling in the north, kept cov- ered up. The side of my face that was next to the sun was hot as fire, while the side that was in the ehade was froze pretty stiff ; but as we kept tacking around in going from place to place, I showed first one side and then the other to the sun, and the freezing and cooking was pretty evenly divided. . “‘Put on that hood, you fool.’ hollered one of the men. ‘Do you Want to get sun. burnt ?’ ‘A few freckles won’t hurt: me,’ says I. ‘I never was much of a. beauty. But you’re the fool, to talk about sunburn in such a. country as this; 7 “The worst trouble that I had in my first voyage north,” said a. Maine sailor, “ was from sunburn. Yes, sir~sunburn. I could stand the cold when she was forty degrees below zero; I could stand frozen noses and ears ; but bust my top-rails if I didn’t suffer the torments of hell the first time I got sunburnt in the Arctic regions. You see, it was this way : We were laid up a. few days before the close of summer making repairs, in about seventy-four de- grees north latitude. and right early one morning a. party of us went ashore to look around. It was pretty cold, and the con- sequence was we were bundled up in half a dozen thicknesses of underclothes, with fur hoods over our heads, and looked like flees in a. buffalo robe. “ Well, sir, along about noon time, what, with the heat of the sun, and the hard exercise that we were taking in getting over the snow and ice-hammocks, Iwas hot as tarnation, and I just slipped the hood off my head and went along for awhile with nothing on it. To Cook Lamb Cbopfi.â€"-Put in a. frymg- pan with a. very little water, so that it will boil away by the time the meet is tender. Then put in lumps of butter with the meet and let it brown slowly, thus forming a. brown crisp surface with a fine flavor. Serve for breakfast with potatoes cooked thus: Choose small ones and let them boil until they are tender; drain off the water and pour over them, while still in the kettle, at least one teacupful of cream. Next mesh then smooth in this. Lemon Creem.â€"Soak one ounce of gelatine in a. gill of sherry for two hours ; then take one pint of cream ; put; it in a. large basin; add to it half a. teaspoonful of essence of lemon ; whip up the cream until it begins to thicken a. little; then dissolve the gelatine over the fire, and add to it the juice of a. lemon and two ounces of caster sugar; whilst this is all in a liquid state beat; in into the cream ; pour all int-o a. mould, and Set in a cold place. . A (20003qu pie is very nice made as fol- lows: Measure a. pint of milk and pour nearly all of it inno a saucepan or double boiler. Into the remainder stir a. table- spoon rounding full of flour. When the milk in the saucepan is scalding hot, pour in the paste, and stir till smooth. Ten minutes will cook the flour sufficiently. Remove from the fire, and while it: cools, beat two eggs to a. froth, add to the thick- ened milk, stir in half a cup of sugar. one- fourth teaspoontul of salt and half a. cup of cocoanuu. Pour into a. deep pie plate lined with a rich crust and bake. Sago Jellyâ€"Put half a. pint of water in a. saucepan on the fire; add to it the rind of a. lemon out very thinly, the juice of one attained, and two ounces of caster sugar ; then shake in one ounce of the finest sage, and stir quickly BO that it shell not con- geal ; let this boil fifteen minutes, keep stirring all the time ; when the saga looks clear, pour it into a mould ; let it set, and when cold turn it out for use. Dessicsted Cocoanut.â€"â€"Any plain cake may have a. cupful of the cocounub stirred in just, before pouring it into baking pans. We like layer cakes the best, using boiled frosting and sprinkling plentifully with cocoanut. Any plain cske will do for this, and Most people have some favorite recipe which they can use in many ways. Marmelade Pudding.â€" Grate the quarter of alosf,quarter-pound suet chopped fine, mix both well, and belt teacupful brown sugar, three tablespoonfuls marmalade, and one teaspoonful baking soda; add as much buttermilk as will wet. Boil three hours or steam in small shapes. When ready, above becomes dark brown in color, Aboiling solution of sulphate of copper applied to a floor before lagiug anal-pet Wlll keep away moths. For outside cover- ings of furniture, especially of Wool, Insolu- tics of conceive sublimate dissolved in colorless alcohol can be used without fear of discoloration, and is a. certain extermi~ number of these pests. A pretty cushion can be made by embroi- derirg a. spray of old-fashioned‘pinks on a ground of. blpe. Around the edge of the cushion put a full puff of pale satin. Where the uff is joined to the blue satin sew a goo -sized pink cord. The cushion, when completed, should be about half a. yard long, but not quite so wide. . Acusturd pie is very mce leaving out whites of two eggs, which, when the pie is baked, should be beaten to a stiff froth, add three tablespoonfula of sugar and two of cocoanut. Pour over the pie and return to the oven for a minute, or until browned very lighh!y. Little girls can very early learn to take care of their own clothes, and thus feel the happiness of being useful; they can also easrly knit stockings. make patchwork mats. weed the garden (if so fortunate as 'to possess one), and cultivu.te a love of flowers. A sheet of finely performed zinc substiâ€" tuted for a pane at glusza in one of the upper squares of a. chamber window is the cheapest and best form of ventilMor ; there should not be a. bed-room without: 11;. 'W’ Corn starch pudding made with milk instead of wake: is very nice with a. cuptul of cocoanut stirred in just before taking from the stove, In all cakes Where buttel: or eggs are fisedflhhe butgerfihould be well rubbed into the flour. and the iéfiflped to a foam, before the ingredients are mixed. Eth the tgg and bottom of the curtain ,,__ -v-.-.._ - .uu vuAuwlu' They can slitie on rings qr thve rods can pass through the hem. Sllnhnrned in the Arctic Regions. fllnls Io Ilollsekeurorn. Henry E. Abbey estimates that he will be under a weakly expense of 827,000 for his opera. company while playing in New York. When *‘ on the road ” the total expense will. be over $30,000. [saw so much said about the meritsof Hop Bitters, and my wife, wao was always doctoriug and never well, teased me so urgently to get her some, I concluded to be humbugged again ; and I am glad I did. for in less than two months’ use of ,the Bitters, my wife was cured, and she has remained so er eighteen months since. .I like Epch humbuggmg. â€"H. T., St. Paul.â€"â€"Pwnoer llot vs. Cold Water. Just at the moment when cold water cures, milk cures, whey cures. grape cures, and the Karlsbad of starvation cure, occupy the attention of those who perhaps are in great measure personally responsible for wanting any cure at all, a. new one has sprung up in America, and has already found followers in England, says the Lon- don Daily News. The drinking 0! hot water was an old-fashioned practice among per- sons with impaired digestive organs. Hot water as a cosmetic has greatly advanced in favor during the present London season, while the practice of drinking water as near to boiling point asis humanly possible has taken to itself a supplementary treat- ment in the United States. The probabLy apocryphal saying attributed to Diane de Poiosere, that she owed the preservation of her beauty to the use of cold water is gradually becoming discredited, and Phyllis no longer laves her lovely features in the cool translucent wave, but in the some almost boiling hot. As, a few years ago, we were enthusiastic about cold tubbing, most meritorious when the ice on the top is required to be broken with a bootjack, so is a kindotsoalding propaganda in progress at the present moment, and those who clung most desperately to the gelid tub are now quietly pushed into the luk-warm it not hot water. My personal interest in our ship’s menagerie was from the first fixed on the parrot, for I had reason to hope and suspect that on this line I would discover the Peni- tent Parrot. When I was spoken to by this parrot while passing I turned and closely inspected its face. It winked. There was something in its more wink so pious and something so unctuous in its voice that I feel confirmed in my suspicion that this is the Penitent Parrot. For fear some readers may not have heard of this re- markable bird I will mention that it once mingled with speech attractive to the young 3. profanity shocking to their mammas. Without being in the least annoyed by any one, and while seemingly looking out in a dreamy mood over the deep blue sea,thisbird would suddenly break out with a volley of mariner’e patois and oaths enough to turn the air purple around it. At length, when it was heard that some ladies had declared they would never again sail on a ship with such a bird, it was resolved that the parrot must be cured of its bad habits. And it was. Its oaths were invariably followed by a ducking. A large bucket of salt water was emptied on the poor bird’s head, each splash accompanied with the remark : “ You‘ve been swearing.” Polly was thoroughly cured by this. Once when the boat shipped a heavy sea, which gave the reformed parrot a severe ducking, the bird, conscious of its own innocence. descended from its perch and repaired to the place of poultry; there it walked up and down before the deluged fowls, saying to them : “ You’ve been swearing ? You've been swearing !”â€"â€"-Moncure D. Conway, in San Francisco Chronicle. Exciting Eceueâ€" Attempted Murder and Suicide. ‘ A few minutes before 10 o’clock on Thursday night a. bloody tragedy was enacted in Eeher’s Alhambra Theatre, 9. low variety show and saloon, in St. Louis, Mo. At the hour named the performance on the stage was just drawing to a. close, and Miss Carrie Hart, one of the performers, was just making her exit, when a men in the audience rose to his feet and drawing a. revolver took quick aim and fired away at the girl. The bullet did not hit her, but she dropped as suddenly as it shot,and everybody thought she was. In less time than it takes to put it on paper the man turned the pistol on himself and sent a. bullet crashing through his brain. dropping dead. A scene of the wildest confusion and excitement ensued. It was learned that the would-be murderer and suicide was a well-known young man named Thomas Whelen, a. travelling salesman for Broderick &Ba.eoome, rope manufacturers. In the October number of the Bystander. the Franchise Bill introduced at the last session of Parliament is thus discussed: “ Whenever an alteration of the franchise in in he mm. , the queen 01!;11‘; to be “Amher- Government is liknly to be im- vcd by the change. Unhappily the Que ‘icn more often asked is, Whether the new votes: are likely to be onset in favor of the party in power. Absolute uni- formity, which it is the object of this Elec- toral Franchise Bill to establish, may be ‘ good, if the principle adopted is sound ;‘ otherwise it only provokes a future attack along the whole line and provincial varia- tions which may be presumed to have some local reason in their favor are better left in existence for the present, unless they in- volve any very palpable Injustice. The , provision that all the revising officers of the Dominion shall be appointed for life by the head of the party at present in power, In its tendency is obvious, challenges, and can ‘ hardly fail to produce, a resolute resistance. VOTES FOR WOMEN- Women are not an unrepresented class they are a sex; and their interests are identical with those of their husbands and children through all the grades of the social scale.- Men have legislated as well as fought for their Wives and children as much as for themselves. It may be doubted whether the women would have secured as much lied they been present in the Legis- lature and contending for their interests as an adverse party. The reason why men alone have made the law, and apparently must continue to make it, is that they alone can execute it. Suppose the women by their vote passed, as they threaten to pass, extreme measures about temperance, or the rate of wages for female work, or any other subject which appeals to their feelings, would the men execute these laws against themselves ? Diversity of function is always compatible with per‘ feet equality. If women, as is invidiouely said, are classed in point of disability to vote with minors and idiots, so in this very bill are the judges of the land. It is said that women will refine politics; but women are themselves refined because they have been kept out of the political fray. When they are thrown into it their emotional nature makes them more ‘violent than men. Could female repre- sentatives and office-holders be made accountable for their conduct like men 7 Would they not plead their sex and secure practical impunity? These are points to be seriously considered before society is committed to the most radical of all revo- lutions. Women in general do not seem much to feel the deprivation (of the fran- chise), for this movement is plainly artifi- cial, and kept up byasmall number of persons so exceptional in character as almost to constitute a third sex. At all events, woman must make her choice. She has hitherto been man’s partner and com- plement, as he has been hers; if she now means to be his rival she must face the con- sequences of that change. nomth 3mm. A THEATRE TRAGEDY. flumbugged Again. ‘he Pennem Pad-or. ‘VOMAN SUFFRAG E. Disc“ sees the Sn bjeu